to have a good idea; to be able to predict
neighbourhood; neighborhood
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
truancy; school non-attendance
directly opposite; right in front
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
(political) power; authority; influence
to collect; to assemble; to gather
physical evidence; material evidence
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
secrecy; highly classified information
retention; maintenance; preservation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted